The struggle is real!

So I have been really struggling lately with just staying organized and on top of things and staying focused in many areas of my life.  I feel like I just can’t get things together, like I clean up one room and the next is messy then I get to that one and I’m back where I started! sometimes I wish I had a whole day off just to completely organize, really clean, and catch up on project that I’ve been slacking off on. I always have these big plans for Saturday, then Saturday rolls around and we get a late start, I do breakfast and clean up then before you know it these bottomless pits I call my kids are ready for lunch!! I have fallen way behind on reading my bible and that makes me super sad.

That being said, there are smaller struggles that  should be like oh whatever let me wake up tomorrow and totally change this! But it’s not that easy.. some days are better than others.. One big one is waking up early. I work out in the morning so this means I must be OUT OF MY BED by 5:00am ideally dressed and ready to work out by 5:10am!! this is soo hard for me as I am a night owl. I have to MAKE myself go to bed early so I can get up early. This week i started putting my workout clothes in a little pile on the bathroom counter.  Since my hubby is still asleep when I get up I change in the bathroom as not to bother him. This has helped, but I still spend a good 5 min talking to myself telling ME that I will regret it if I miss this workout. And that I have come so far I can’t give up now, and how can I be a role  model to others if I can’t even do it. (sometimes this process takes more than 5 min :) ) I set my alarm for 4:45 to give myself plenty of time.

My next biggest everyday struggle is FOOD!!!! I love food! The thing is even when I am good and I pack lunch and snacks for work, things happen….. I cover the back desk or the front desk and don’t get a chance to eat.  Thats bad because you NEED to eat!!!! OR my wonderful amazing co-workers bring yummy deliciousness and I am still working on saying NO!  OR being in the medical field, we have reps bringing in lunch ALL THE TIME!!! and how can I say no to fajitas, rice, and beans?!?! or those AMAZING buttery burger buns!!! ugh its soooo hard!! I think  or better yet I know that this is where I need to focus. I know I can just say no. I can go back there and make my yummy lunch that’s packed all nice and neat in my awesome lunch box! It’s not that my packed lunch is not yummy, cause it really is, it’s just that it’s so much easier to go back there and serve a wonderful hot plate of whatever is back there.  OH the struggle is real!  But I know that if i set my mind to it i can do anything! So starting tomorrow I WILL say no to food that is not good for my mind and body.  I WILL pack my lunch box and EAT. I WILL eat my snacks AND my lunch.  I WILL make time to plan my meals AND eat them!

What do you struggle with? How do you handle your struggles? How would you handle MY struggles?!